Quote Originally Posted by ridebikeme
That's definitely good advice about riding across railroad tracks. It sounds to me as though you broke a cord in the tire. At any rate, it's great that the shop replaced it for you!!
I do stand when crossing RR tracks or anything rough to try to absorb the shock. Do you really think hitting the tracks hard could damage the tire? I thought they should be able to take that kind of shock.

Rim seems to be true. Tire just kind of pushed off to the side in one area.